id:			124128
accession number:	1945.124
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.124
updated:		2025-02-15 12:46:36.879000

Ballgame Stone Head (Hacha), 450–550 CE. Mesoamerica, Classic Veracruz style. Gray volcanic stone; overall: 21.1 x 15.3 x 16.2 cm (8 5/16 x 6 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Wise 1945.124

title:				Ballgame Stone Head (Hacha)
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creation date:			450–550 CE
creation date earliest:		450
creation date latest:		550
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creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Wise
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culture:	Mesoamerica, Classic Veracruz style
technique:	gray volcanic stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 21.1 x 15.3 x 16.2 cm (8 5/16 x 6 x 6 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Americas
	opening date:   1945-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).

	title:		Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America
	opening date:   1970-09-30T04:00:00
	<i>Before Cortes: Sculpture of Middle America</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 30, 1970-January 3, 1971).

	title:		The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art
	opening date:   1986-05-17T04:00:00
	<i>The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art</i>. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (May 17-August 24, 1986); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 8-December 14, 1986).

	title:		Julie Mehretu: Portals
	opening date:   2022-07-16T04:00:00
	<i>Julie Mehretu: Portals</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 16-November 13, 2022).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946.  "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 19.', 'opening_date': '1945-11-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; January 18- February 25, 1962. "The Imagination of Primitive Man." cat. no. 240, p. 148.', 'opening_date': '1962-01-18T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; September 30, 1970 - January 3, 1971.  "Before Cortes. Sculpture of Middle America." repr. in catalogue, in black and white, p. 178, no.147.', 'opening_date': '1970-09-30T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Dehesa
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	Dehesa; (John Wise, Ltd.)
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "Exhibition of the 'Art of the Americas.'" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>32, no. 9 (November 1945): 155-171.
	page number: 	Reproduced: front cover
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141236

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 355
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n68

	William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, and Ralph T. Coe. <em>The Imagination of Primitive Man: A Survey of the Arts of the Non-Literate Peoples of the World</em>. Kansas City, Mo: The Museum, 1962.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 148, cat. no. 240
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